Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Join National Network Member, Rainbow Families, for a Virtual Conference

Rainbow Families' Annual Family Conference—two days of workshops and community-building—has been a staple tradition for this community since 2003. May 4, 2021

International Family Equality Day | Families: Being Our Authentic Best

Celebrating International Family Equality Day: Being Our Authentic Best

Family Equality joins LGBTQ+ families and organizations across the globe in celebrating International Family Equality Day 2021. May 2, 2021

Family Equality & RSM Present Deja's Reading Rainbow

Deja’s Reading Rainbow Comes to Family Equality Thanks to RSM’s Pride and Family First Employee Network Groups

Gather up your family and get dressed up in your favorite outfits to watch this special edition of Deja’s Reading Rainbow! April 16, 2021

Collage of cropped book covers including My Maddy, 47,000 Beads, the Zero Dads Club, and Plenty of Hugs

Inclusive Bedtime Stories: Finding Books that Celebrate Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Identities

When it comes to children’s books, representation is fairly slim. That's why we're sharing our favorite trans and nonbinary children's books with you! April 16, 2021

Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes

Gather up your family and get dressed up in your favorite outfits to watch this special edition of Deja’s Reading Rainbow! April 16, 2021

56 | Intersecting Identities 2.0

Previous guest Nishta and Tatiana return to discuss how adoption factors into their family stories. Learn and laugh with these two rockstar parents of color, from the south, in multiracial families. April 1, 2021

Trans Families are Beautiful | Trans Day of Visibility

Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is a time to celebrate transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming folks and remind the world of the power of living openly and authentically. This year, trans families across the country joined us to show the world just how awesome trans families are! March 31, 2021

Trans Advocate & Chief Policy Officer Denise Brogan-Kator Reflects on Her Tenure in the Movement

For nearly a decade, Denise Brogan-Kator has been central to the work of Family Equality, advocating for lived and legal equality for LGBTQ+ families from the steps of the Supreme Court to the halls of the Capitol Building. March 22, 2021

Reading the Rainbow: You Began as a Wish by Dr. Kim Bergman

This month's book feature is: You Began as a Wish, written by Dr. Kim Bergman and illustrated by Irit Pollack. March 11, 2021

The Power of Gratitude with RSM

Our friends at RSM sit down with Heather Vickery to talk about gratitude and how we, as caregivers, can bring about positive change in the world around us. March 8, 2021

Forgotten Families: An Interview with Jey'ne Poindexter

The Forgotten Family: This House is Also a Home

For years, the ballroom community has provided a safe haven to Brown and Black LGBTQ+ youth, giving them a home when their biological families have disowned them. February 24, 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Update: February 2021

In an effort to maintain transparency and provide our community with opportunities to hold us accountable in our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work, we wanted to share the concrete action steps we are taking to prioritize DEI as an organization. February 23, 2021